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Buses to Buffalo start at just $8.48, depending on your starting location. To secure the most budget-friendly options, ensure you book early and consider traveling on weekdays and during off-peak hours for the cheapest deals!
The best way to buy bus tickets to Buffalo is through the Greyhound website or the free Greyhound app. With just a few clicks, you can easily book your bus trip and choose your preferred seating. You can pay for your bus to Buffalo using a variety of payment methods, including debit and credit cards. For more information on payment methods, please visit the payment methods page. Looking for a cheap ticket to Buffalo? Make sure to book in advance and consider traveling during weekdays and peak-off times to get the best deals!
Onboard services available on Greyhound buses to Buffalo include free Wi-Fi for all passengers, personal power outlets near every seat, reclining leather seats with footrests, extra legroom, overhead storage, an on-board restroom, and eco-friendly technology to reduce impact on the environment.
You can use your Greyhound bus ticket to Buffalo by either presenting the PDF with a QR code when booked online or by accessing it directly in the app if purchased within the app. Simply show your ticket to the bus driver at boarding and they will scan it to validate your travel.
With Greyhound and FlixBus, you can easily reach 37 destinations from Buffalo, including New York, Toronto, Rochester.
Not sure about where to catch the bus in Buffalo? Don't worry, Greyhound has got you covered. We've listed all the stops in Buffalo on the map on this page.
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Going to Buffalo by bus is easy with Greyhound, with 37 different rides to choose from. You can check the bus schedule once you select your departure city, destination city, and desired trip date.
Yes, you can reserve your preferred seat on most of the buses to Buffalo. All customers will be assigned a seat, but you have the option to choose your preferred one. If available, you’ll see the option when you add the passenger name to your booking. If you’d like to choose your seat, a small fee will be charged and will vary based on the route you are taking. Please visit our guide on seat reservations for more information.
When traveling by bus to Buffalo with Greyhound, you are allowed to bring one carry-on bag with you (maximum 25 lbs, 16x12x7 inches). The first bag that you store under the bus is free, and if you have a Flexible fare, the second bag stored under the bus is also free. For more information about our luggage policies and how to book extra baggage, please visit our dedicated baggage page.
Greyhound buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts to assist passengers using wheelchairs or mobility scooters. Each bus has space for two passengers with these devices. It's recommended to book your bus ticket to Buffalo in advance to ensure a spot. If you'd like to transfer to a regular seat, our drivers will stow your device for you. Service animals are also welcome on board our buses. For further details on accessibility and service animal policies, please check this link.

Bus to Buffalo

Buffalo sits at the eastern end of Lake Erie, twenty miles south of Niagara Falls and across the Niagara River from Fort Erie, Ontario. It's a former Great Lakes industrial powerhouse that has reinvented itself around its waterfront, a serious architectural heritage and a food culture that includes the original Buffalo wing. The bus to Buffalo drops you in the centre of downtown at the Metropolitan Transportation Center on Ellicott Street, with the Theatre District, the Outer Harbor and Canalside all reachable from the central blocks. People come for the weekend run up to Niagara Falls, for the Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House, for the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and the Albright-Knox legacy that reopened on a new footing, for Bills home games at Highmark Stadium, and for a city that takes its food and its winters seriously. A Buffalo bus ticket lands you a short hop from Niagara Falls, with the central downtown a few minutes from the bus terminal.

Greyhound stops in Buffalo

Buffalo has two Greyhound stops. The main one is the Metropolitan Transportation Center at 181 Ellicott Street, in the heart of downtown — Greyhound buses depart from gates 1 to 8. The second is the Buffalo Niagara International Airport at 4200 Genesee Street, where buses board on the Arrivals level roadway following the "Buses/Hotel Shuttles" signs near baggage claim. As an arrivals-level curbside flag stop, plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before departure if you're heading out from the airport.

For most travellers, the Metropolitan Transportation Center is the right choice — it's central, sheltered and connects directly to the NFTA Metro Rail at the Lafayette Square or Theater stations a short walk away, plus the local NFTA buses out of the same building. The terminal has indoor seating, restrooms and the basic shelter you'd expect, which matters here in winter. Plan to arrive in good time so you can find your gate and get checked in.

If your trip ends at the airport, rideshare and the NFTA's Metro Bus 24 or 204 will take you onward into central Buffalo. Have your ticket ready on your phone or printed for boarding.

Getting around Buffalo after your bus to Buffalo arrives

From the Ellicott Street terminal, the central downtown — the Theatre District, Lafayette Square, the Buffalo City Hall and the Erie Canal Harbor at Canalside — is all walkable, and the streets between them give you the city's best run of older buildings. For anything outside the central core, the NFTA Metro Rail, Metro Bus and rideshare cover the wider city.

The NFTA Metro Rail is the city's single light-rail line, running on the surface of Main Street through the central downtown and underground out to the University at Buffalo South Campus. It's free along the surface section through downtown, which makes it useful for short hops between Lafayette Square, the Theatre District and Canalside. Metro Buses fill in the rest of the network, with useful routes to the Elmwood Village, the Allentown district and the inner suburbs.

For Niagara Falls — the headline day-trip from Buffalo — the NFTA's Metro Bus 40 runs from downtown out to Niagara Falls, NY, in about an hour. There's also Amtrak's Maple Leaf service to Niagara Falls and on to Toronto. Rideshare to the falls is direct but pricier; for the Canadian side of the falls, you'll need a passport and a separate cross-border arrangement. Rental cars are widely available at the airport for travellers wanting to range further across the region.

Top things to do in Buffalo

  • Niagara Falls, twenty miles north of the city — the headline day-trip and a legitimate world-class natural sight, with the American falls, Bridal Veil Falls and the Maid of the Mist boat at the foot.
  • The Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox), reopened after a major expansion, with a deep collection of modern and post-war American art and a full reinstallation of the historic galleries.
  • The Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House on Jewett Parkway, the 1905 Prairie-style estate that's been restored over decades. Tours are required and worth booking in advance.
  • Canalside on the central downtown waterfront, the restored Erie Canal terminus with a boardwalk, summer concerts, ice skating in winter and a small fleet of historic vessels including the USS Little Rock.
  • The Buffalo Naval Park at Canalside, with three preserved warships including the WWII-era USS Little Rock cruiser open for self-guided tours.
  • The Theatre District around Main Street and Pearl, with the Shea's Performing Arts Center — a restored 1926 movie palace — and several other venues.
  • The Elmwood Village, the leafy residential and shopping district north of downtown along Elmwood Avenue, with restored Victorian houses, independent restaurants and the kind of walkable streets that put it on national best-of lists.
  • Delaware Park, the Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park north of downtown, with Hoyt Lake, the Albright-Knox grounds and the surrounding parkway system.
  • Buffalo City Hall, the 32-storey Art Deco landmark with a free observation deck on the 28th floor giving panoramic views over the city, the lake and across to Canada.
  • The Tifft Nature Preserve south of downtown, a 264-acre former rail yard reclaimed as wetland and meadow, with boardwalks and walking trails. Free entry.
  • Highmark Stadium and the Buffalo Bills game-day experience in nearby Orchard Park — a Bills home game, especially in late season, is its own distinctive Western New York atmosphere.
  • The Pierce-Arrow Museum on Michigan Avenue, dedicated to the Buffalo-built Pierce-Arrow automobile and other early American cars, with a full-scale Frank Lloyd Wright filling station built from the original 1927 design.

Neighbourhoods to explore in Buffalo

Downtown has the older commercial spine — Lafayette Square, the Theatre District, City Hall and Canalside — and is the natural anchor. The Allentown neighbourhood just north has the older Victorian houses, antique shops, bars and a long-running creative scene; it's the kind of district that feels older than the city's industrial reputation suggests.

The Elmwood Village, further north along Elmwood Avenue, runs from Allentown up to Delaware Park and the AKG Art Museum, with restaurants, independent shops and a comfortable residential feel. The West Side, with its strong Italian-American and now Latin American character, is rebooting fast around food and small businesses on Grant Street and Niagara Street. South Buffalo and the Polonia district preserve more of the older immigrant neighbourhood character. Larkinville, southeast of downtown, is a small cluster of restored industrial buildings turned over to restaurants and a brewery.

Food and drink in Buffalo

Buffalo has invented or refined more American food than its size suggests. The Buffalo wing — chicken wings tossed in hot sauce and butter, served with celery and blue-cheese dressing — was created at the Anchor Bar on Main Street in 1964, and the city takes its versions seriously. Beef on weck — roast beef on a salty kummelweck roll — is the second classic. Sahlen's hot dogs, Loganberry soda, sponge candy and the long-running custard stands fill in the rest of the everyday food culture.

The West Side and Allentown have the more interesting modern restaurants — modern American, Asian, Caribbean — while Hertel Avenue in North Buffalo has the long-running Italian-American restaurants. The city's beer scene has grown around independent breweries on the West Side and in Larkinville. Sunday brunch and the Friday fish fry are real institutions — the latter a Catholic and Polish-American legacy that runs in restaurants and church halls across the city through Lent and into the rest of the year.

Best time to visit Buffalo

Late spring through early autumn is the long, comfortable window. From May into June the parks come in, the waterfront opens up and the temperature sits in a pleasant range for walking. July and August are warm — afternoons regularly in the 80s — but the Lake Erie effect keeps the worst of the humidity at bay and the long evenings stretch out over the water.

September and October bring the Western New York fall — colour through Delaware Park and the parkway system, the Buffalo Bills season opening at Highmark, and a final stretch of warm weekends before the cold returns. This is the connoisseur's window for the city.

Winter is real and is part of Buffalo's identity. From December through February temperatures regularly drop into the 20s and below, and lake-effect snow off Erie can dump heavy accumulations in short windows — sometimes feet of snow in a few days, sometimes none for a week. The city is well prepared and the central downtown stays walkable on most days, but check forecasts and pack for the cold. Buffalo Bills home games in deep winter are an experience worth having if the schedule lines up.

An Anchor Bar wing dinner on a January evening with a fresh foot of snow piling up outside, the steam rising off your plate as Niagara wind comes in off Erie, is when Buffalo's working winter character is at its most distinctive — and the city handles its weather as a feature rather than a bug. May through September give you the waterfront, the wings on a patio and the Niagara day-trip in shirtsleeves; October pairs the foliage with the Bills home opener at Highmark. Use the search bar on this page to check schedules and book bus tickets to Buffalo when your dates are firm.

Planning Your Greyhound Bus Trip to Buffalo?

You're in the right place! Get all the details you need to arrange your bus journey to Buffalo! There are 2 bus stops in Buffalo. You can board the Greyhound at Buffalo, Buffalo Niagara International Airport. You can easily find the location of the stop(s) on the map available on this page. Traveling to or departing from Buffalo can cost you as little as $8.48. If you're on the hunt for a cheap ticket to Buffalo, remember to book early. Traveling on weekdays or during non-peak hours can also lead you to some of the most budget-friendly fares available! With 37 destinations linked to Buffalo, Greyhound provides you with multiple options for planning your bus trip.

Why travel to Buffalo with Greyhound

When you choose Greyhound, you're promised a comfy seat and free Wi-Fi throughout your journey. Stay connected and entertained while we safely drive you to your destination! Enjoy a comfy bus trip to Buffalo with our onboard facilities like free Wi-Fi and power outlets. Choose your favorite seat while booking and travel with peace of mind rest easy knowing your ticket covers one carry-on and one checked bag.

How to book your bus ticket to Buffalo

Booking a ticket with Greyhound is a breeze: on this website or on the free Greyhound App, you can complete your booking in a few clicks. When purchasing your ticket to Buffalo online, you can choose between different secured online payment methods, such as credit and debit cards. Alternatively, you can pay in cash at a sales point.